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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter IV: Helping employers manage health and safety at work

Article L4644-1

…receive occupational health training under the conditions set out in articles L. 2315-16 to L. 2315-18. Failing this, if the skills in the company do not allow these activities to be organised, the em…

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French Commercial codeIn force
Subsection 3: Itinerant commercial and craft activities.

Article R123-208-5

…occupation of a site located on a market or under a hall created in application of article L. 2224-18 du code général des collectivités territoriales, persons carrying on a commercial or craft activi…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 6: Data retention and penalties

Article L722-21

The provisions of Articles L. 722-6 to L. 722-8, L. 722-18 to L. 722-20 do not apply to financial relations between : 1° On the one hand, New Caledonia and, on the other hand, mainland France, Guadelo…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Subsection 3: Qualifications of persons and organisations carrying out location surveys, dust measurements and analyses of materials and products

Article R1334-23

…s and products in list A in an existing building mentioned in article R. 1334-17 or article R. 1334-18 sends a copy of the identification report to the prefect of the département in which the existing…

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French General Code of Local AuthoritiesIn force
Subsection 2: The Director

Article R1431-13

…rest accounts subject to the operating conditions provided for in the articles R. 1617-1 to R. 1617-18.He participates in the Board of Directors in an advisory capacity, except when he is personally c…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Chapter I: Public and civil proceedings

Article D1

I.-Any association mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 2-9 or in the first paragraph of Article 2-15 may apply for the authorisation provided for by these provisions if it meets the following…

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French Monetary and Financial CodeIn force
Subsection 1: Compulsory sureties covered by the surety guarantee mechanism.

Article D313-26

…r finance company authorised in France under: 1° Article 1799-1 of the Civil Code, Article 1 of Law no. 71-584 of 16 July 1971, as amended, designed to regulate the retention of guarantees in respect…

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French Customs CodeIn force
Section 9: Control of securities

Article 67 quater

…and airports constituting border crossing points within the meaning of Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/399 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on a Union Code on the rules…

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French Intellectual Property CodeIn force
Chapter Va: Withholding

Article L335-10

In addition to the cases provided for by European Union regulations, the customs administration may, at the written request of the holder of a copyright or related right, accompanied by proof of his r…

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French General Tax CodeIn force
3°: Financing small-scale fishing

Article 238 bis HP

…artisanal fishing companies or fishing outfitting companies as defined in II of Article 240 of Law no. 2005-157 of 23 February 2005 on the development of rural areas aged under fifty on the date of t…

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